Program TIFF 2023

Maureen Kearney, the head union representative of a French multinational nuclear powerhouse, denounces top-secret deals that will change the French nuclear sector for ever. One day she is violently assaulted in her own home... A new amazing performance from the one and only Isabelle Huppert!

Agent Lemmy Caution is dispatched on a secret mission to Alphaville, a dystopian metropolis in a distant corner of the galaxy. Caution is hot on the trail of a scientist, the creator of Alpha 60, a computer that uses mind control to rule over residents of Alphaville. Could this despotic computer be defeated? Winner of the Golden Bear at the 1965 Berlinale!

Twenty-something Julián is a graphic modeller, who spends countless hours of his life in the careful creation of terrifying creatures. After he acts to save a neighbourhood child from a fire, he is unable to process the mental and emotional shock of the horrible incident.

Shakib is a day laborer who has a relationship with a deaf and mute woman, Ladan. The construction site on which he works today turns out to be the set of a film and, against all odds, Shakib is given a movie role, a house and a chance at being somebody. But then Ladan asks for help... Winner of the top award of the Horizons competition at the 2022 Venice film festival!

Paul, a middle-aged American, comes to Paris when his estranged wife commits suicide. Paul enters into a sadomasochistic relationship with a young Frenchwoman, indirectly attacking the hypocrisy all around him and his own feelings of guilt through his raw, outrageous sexual behaviour. Academy Award nominations for Best Actor and Best Directing!

Married couple Piv and Ulrik must fight for a place in the parent group in their daughter’s new class. They experience parenthood to an excessive degree, and on top of all that, they are now going on this year’s famous and highly popular camping trip. Piv and Ulrik must face the obstacles and try to become a part of the parent group....See more details

Brothers Tony and Noé pass the long sweltering summer days playing games of chance and death - until the accident that will change their lives forever. Ten years later, their paths cross that of Cassandra, their childhood love. But even after all this time, the brothers are still hiding a secret...  

Three amateur bank robbers plan to hold up a bank. A nice simple robbery: walk in, take the money, and run. Unfortunately, the supposedly uncomplicated heist suddenly becomes a bizarre nightmare.

Helena and Ivan set out to build a new life in the cork-tree forests, but their different views as to how to live on the land emerge, challenging their future as a couple. Winner of the FIPRESCI Prize at the 2022 San Sebastian film festival!  

Leon and Felix spend the summer together in a holiday home on the Baltic coast. They meet Nadja and Devid and together they experiment with love. But soon the nearby forest begins to blaze... Winner of the Grand Jury Prize at this year's Berlinale!